Court Hearing
Yesterday, I was due to appear in court in Amsterdam. As the unfriendly police woman, a Koch, told me, I was not obliged to attend this hearing, but a decision would be made in my
By Jamie| 2013-12-17T13:51:36+00:00 December 17th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration, UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
Yesterday, I was due to appear in court in Amsterdam. As the unfriendly police woman, a Koch, told me, I was not obliged to attend this hearing, but a decision would be made in my
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T18:19:46+00:00 October 24th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes, Video|
'Jamie's Big Adventure' is a video produced by Paul Blatch to showcase the highs and lows of our cycling adventure from the UK to Slovakia. Where there is good, there may be bad, but where
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T18:20:08+00:00 October 20th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration, UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
I'd like to break this down into a simple, two question quiz. Question 1 Can you ride a bicycle? Question 2 If you answered no to question 1, are you willing / able to learn
By Jamie| 2013-12-08T18:20:18+00:00 September 25th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration, UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
Our cycle journey recently made it into the EDP, a regional paper from the area I grew up in (Norfolk, UK). Below is the story. Click it to enlarge. Obviously I am delighted that they
By Jamie| 2013-12-10T06:48:35+00:00 September 12th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes, Video|
'Jamie's Great Adventure' is a wonderful creation by Alyssa (Emma) Nuyen and Sean Zhang. The video is based upon the five things that you need to travel (in my opinion) from my 'travel without money'
By Jamie| 2016-04-15T02:48:00+00:00 September 10th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes, Video|
'Pedal' is the brilliant short film created by Emily Dobbins-Dale using footage shot during our 1,600 km bicycle ride from the UK to Slovakia on £30 bicycles. The video features myself, Leah, Daniel, and Elliot (my
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T01:52:04+00:00 August 26th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration, UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
I may not actually be able to get my hands on a copy (as I'm raft building in Slovakia right now), but I just heard that our cycling adventure was published in The Lynn News,
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T02:12:21+00:00 August 18th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
We made it. As the end of the journey approached, we woke up on the final morning of our journey knowing that we had crossed Holland (where we were arrested), Germany (hills and more hills), and
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T02:16:06+00:00 August 15th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
After crossing Germany and it's mountains, we entered the Czech Republic. While we knew that Czech Republic was mountainous, we were delighted at crossing our first big country (we'd only crossed Holland and part of
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T02:23:13+00:00 August 13th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
I know my bicycle only cost £30 and that I made panniers myself, but when it started to go wrong, I found it desperately frustrating. By the time we had crossed the first German national
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T02:22:00+00:00 August 12th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
When I started out on this adventure, I had the great idea of doing it on a fixie bike (one gear, always pedalling). Thank God that didn't work out. My old bicycle has served me
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T02:36:23+00:00 August 10th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
To the policewoman in Amsterdam who arrested us and called us stupid, To the man in the fancy German bike shop who didn't want to help me fix my battered old bike, But most of
By Jamie| 2013-12-18T02:18:46+00:00 July 27th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
When we started this great big, overly ambitious adventure, we got lots of punctures which we clearly took very seriously. We took breaks when we could, slept outside, and then got on the ferry to
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T02:38:59+00:00 July 25th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
In Amsterdam, the purchase and sale of drugs is quite legal. So too is prostitution. But God forbid you should dare to fall asleep outside. After successfully starting our big bicycle / raft adventure, we
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T02:43:51+00:00 July 21st, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
No longer am I dreaming of a large bike ride: It's really happening, I'm doing it. On my old bicycle with homemade panniers, I (along with two others) have now cycled around 300 km from the UK
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T03:01:46+00:00 July 16th, 2013|UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
Despite being 26 years old, I am still largely incapable of growing any facial hair. This distinct lack of facial hair in combination with both my face and lifestyle has ensured that I still get
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T02:58:51+00:00 July 13th, 2013|Thoughts and Inspiration, UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
It is quite possible to spend thousands on a nice bicycle, but that is not always an option. How much equipment do you need to have a bicycling adventure? Not a lot, I claim. As I planned
By Jamie| 2013-12-12T02:48:09+00:00 July 9th, 2013|Pirates of the Danube, Thoughts and Inspiration, UK to Slovakia on £30 Bikes|
Dear World, I am glad that you could be here for this, so thank-you for stopping by. I've made an awfully big life decision. I shall have an adventure and it will be bolder than anything I